AHM CONQUERED!

It was the AHM yesterday.Went on a cab early in the wee hours with Kian n kia.Met up with Di xuan over there.Drizzle a bit,but the rain stopped within starting moments of the race. Inching to the starting point,we finally got to run at rd 6.45...woo,early in the morning breeze and people zooming past you,on the public road..fantastic feeling.

First 5 km was jus about jostling with people for space,overtaking people at a rather snail pace.The next 5 km was when we entered East Coast park thru Fort road..we picked up pace and ran on the grass patch most of the time.Upon the turning point,I was rather relived as the turning point seems quite far,further than the twice runs that I did at ECP...but alas,at the 11 km point,while overtaking,I sprained my left ankle,the pain was bearable and I continued the run up to the marina barrage where I stopped, passing by a newly construsted road which consist of newly tarred road,which was the most difficult part to run.This part though new,had cement and soil and one has to look out constantly,esp me,as I din want to sprain my ankle for the 2nd time on the uneven surfaces.

The last 4 km was a killer,having ran only up to to 16 km during training,it was all about pushing myself.Every breathe of air smelled so nice. I break away from di xuan,and ran and stop,ran n stop at times..every step seems like a possible cramp coming up...the 18-19 km was like never ending,the poster for 19 km seems to have been misplaced.Finally,saw it near the turn near lau pa sat,ran,keep telling myself not to stop,however it was jus too gruelling,stopped once,walked for a few moments then went on to finish the race at the Padang.Last 500m was where encouragement from the side really counts,the shouts n cheers really set u up on an adrealine high.

Finished the race in ard 2 hrs 15 mins,wasnt a very good timing,but it falls in my target of finishing below 2hrs 30 mins.Wasnt really esctatic like wat other runners has said when I passed the finishing line,perhaps it's the stopping part,shouldnt have made a number of stops along the run.Nevertheless,the race is completed,job done..and it's time my legs take a much awaited break...

Yea,it was Chun hong birthday as well yesterday,went with BL,kia,kian to Crystal Jade to celebrate. Had a tough time deciding whether it was chinese noodles or japanese ramen,decide on the former since ramen were quite costly.the xiao long bao was tasty and the salted duck with bun,was a good choice for a side dish.

Alrite,shld write till here.
No more running for now..haha